1. How The Guinea Fowl Got
Her Spots
Edited by Mrs. Randolph
Ralph Witters Elementary
Unit 4 Lesson 4

2. Glossy
• Bright and shiny
• Synonym: glistening
• Antonym: dull
• Nganga the Guinea Fowl had glossy black
feathers all over.

3. delicate
• Not strong
• Something easily removed, or broken
• Synonym: breakable
• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired the
delicate speckle covering her back.

4. reeds
• Tall grass
• Antonym: mowed lawn
• But something yellow was twitching in
the reeds.

5. bank
• The land along a stream of river
• Synonym: edge
• She scratched and scrambled up the bank as fast as she could.

6. admired
• To think well of someone or something
• Synonym: Respected, loved
• Antonym: unwanted
• Guinea Fowl craned her head and admired
the delicate speckles covering her back.

7. temper
• Mood, a way of feeling
• Synonym: feeling
• He went home in a terrible temper,
growling like his empty belly.

8. glossy

9. delicate

10. reeds

11. bank

12. admired

13. temper

14. More Story Words

15. whirlwind

16. calabash

17. tasseled

18. I am so pretty! I know
you must think so, too!
My lovely spots are
just the thing for
hiding in the
shadows and grass.

19. You just did a whirlwind of a job of reading!